BALTIMORE, Maryland -- The Cleveland Browns elevated a 2016 draft pick off their practice squad on Saturday, signing Rashard Higgins off the practice squad. Higgins initially made the team's 53-man roster but was released when the Browns made five waiver claims the day after the cutdown deadline.

Defensive lineman Tyrone Holmes was waived.

Higgins, a fifth-round pick in 2016, caught six passes for 77 yards as a rookie in 15 games.

Holmes, in his second season out of Montana, played 16 defensive snaps in last week's loss to Pittsburgh. He was also released when the Browns made their waiver claims, but was brought back after top overall pick Myles Garrett suffered a high ankle sprain in practice prior to last Sunday's game against Pittsburgh.